Krummenacher, Isabelle Cynthia (2025). Nurturing Resilience in Pre-Service Teachers: From Understanding Protective Factors to Implementing Adaptive Support Strategies. (Thesis). Universität Bern, Bern
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Abstract
Resilience is a key factor in managing professional challenges, sustaining well-being, and ensuring long-term career retention in the teaching profession. However, research on how to effectively foster resilience in teacher education remains limited, particularly in German-speaking countries, despite the unique challenges faced by pre-service teachers balancing their dual roles as students and practitioners. This dissertation investigates the development and promotion of resilience, as well as the strategies and processes teachers use to navigate professional challenges, through four interconnected studies. The first study provides an overview of research on the health and resilience of pre-service teachers in Switzerland, emphasizing the importance of resilience in managing their dual responsibilities. The second study examines how teachers employ strategies to address professional challenges embedded in a resilience process, with relational problem-solving emerging as a significant strategy. The third study explores the dynamics of coping strategies among secondary school teachers, identifying five key strategies—self-help, approach, accommodation, avoidance, and self-punishment—and how these vary depending on professional expertise. The fourth study evaluates the implementation of the "FoResT" online learning platform, which was designed using media-didactic principles to support pre-service teachers in developing resilience strategies. Together, the findings highlight the importance of tailored interventions and innovative digital tools in fostering resilience among pre-service teachers. This progression from understanding the resilience processes of experienced teachers to supporting pre-service teachers aims to offer insights into advancing both theoretical and practical approaches in teacher education.
| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Dissertation Type: | Cumulative |
| Date of Defense: | 18 March 2025 |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education |
| Institute / Center: | 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Education |
| Depositing User: | Hammer Igor |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2025 15:39 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2025 15:48 |
| URI: | https://boristheses.unibe.ch/id/eprint/6587 |
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